Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers

Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers is a band / group associated with United States whose catalog here spans 2009–2016. The artist is connected with Hard Bop, so genre, period and individual recordings offer useful ways into the work.

Listen for how Hard Bop shape rhythm, voice and arrangement. A starting path includes “Namfulay”, “Uranus”. Then move to “Backgammon” and “Nova 24h” to hear how recordings are organized in a release context.